Prior to the 2023 NFL season, Green Bay Packers quarterback Jordan Love made just one start and attempted 83 passes.
However, after a terrific 2024 season that saw him throw for 4,159 yards, 32 touchdowns, and just 11 interceptions while leading Green Bay to an upset playoff win over the Dallas Cowboys, the Packers backed up the Brink’s trunk despite the small sample size.
Now, Love has led the Packers to the playoffs and he’s trying to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles in the Wild Card Round. Let’s examine Love’s lucrative contract, 2024 salary, net worth, career earnings, and more.
Jordan Love’s Contract and Salary
The Packers saw enough from Love during his one season as the starter to give him a monster payday.
In July 2024, Love signed a four-year, $220 million contract extension with the Packers. The deal features an NFL-record $75 million signing bonus due by December (via three separate $25 million payments) and $155 million in total guarantees.
The average annual value of Love’s new pact is $55 million, which was tied for the largest salary in NFL history with Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence at the time of signing. However, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott surpassed Love, Burrow, and Lawrence by signing a four-year, $240 million deal with an average annual value of $60 million.
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Love could have inked a five-year extension with the Packers just like Burrow and Lawrence did with their respective teams, but he opted for a four-year deal so that he could hit free agency again sooner. Given the state of the quarterback market in today’s NFL, with each new contract seemingly topping the last, this seems like a wise decision.
This season, Love has a base salary of $3,500,000 and a signing proration of $16,757,731, so his cap hit is $20,757,731. Next year, his base salary is $11,900,000 and his signing proration is $16,757,731, meaning he’ll have a $29,757,731 cap hit in 2025. Here’s a breakdown of his cap hits for the remainder of this contract:
- 2024: $20,757,731
- 2025: $29,757,731
- 2026: $36,157,731
- 2027: $42,457,731
- 2028: $74,200,000
Love’s Net Worth and Career Earnings
Love’s net worth is currently estimated to be $50 million.
For reference, his net worth was said to be $12.5 million a few months ago, just to give you an idea of how quickly and drastically his net worth increased after inking his lucrative extension with the Packers.
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Throughout the course of his professional career, Love has earned $98,883,455 from his NFL contracts alone. This figure doesn’t include the money he’s brought in from endorsement deals or off-field ventures.
Love has endorsements with several companies, including BOSE, Old Spice, Nike, Madden NFL, Herbalife, Lowes, and Verizon.
He is also the brand ambassador for American Family Insurance alongside Derek Jeter, Christian Yelich, the Scott Brothers, and Kathy Ireland, among others.
Love’s ascent to NFL stardom has been fun to witness, and it’s safe to say he’s thriving financially, too.
Packers vs. Eagles Game Preview
- Location: Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia
- Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
- Channel: Fox/Fox Deportes
Now, Love will try to lead the Packers past the Eagles in the Wild Card Round.
Love isn’t afraid to take chances. While that creates some downside, his style of play has paid off more often than not up to this point in the season.
The issue is now it must pay off against elite competition, all while Love battles a right elbow injury that caused him to miss much of the team’s Week 18 loss to the Bears. Love has averaged -0.06 EPA per dropback in five games against the Minnesota Vikings, Detroit Lions, and Eagles this season. Against all other teams, he’s averaged 0.21 EPA per dropback.
Saquon Barkley has opened up offensive versatility that simply didn’t exist last season. The ninth 2,000-yard rusher in NFL history led the top-ranked offense by EPA per rush (0.08) excluding Week 18 (when Philadelphia benched nearly all of its starters).
The Eagles can produce against anyone, but if the offensive line remains a liability when it comes to pass blocking, Philly could be in a precarious spot if it falls behind.
The Eagles are the worst team at preventing pressure when not blitzed, a flaw that could undo all the good it’s capable of doing. That said, with playmakers at every level, counting this offense out isn’t a wise move as long as Jalen Hurts recovers from his concussion before the Wild Card Round.
The play of the Packers’ offensive line has been fairly inconsistent since its bye week, but they rank ninth in the league over the past four weeks. The overall numbers do not appear to be anything to worry about, and a strong showing up front against the Lions in Week 14 is a strong reason for optimism in the playoffs.
This week, they face a Philadelphia team that they graded as a B- against last time out. However, that was back in Week 1, so both teams have changed significantly. The Eagles’ OL has also been all over the map in recent weeks. They rank 27th over the final four weeks with D+ grades against the Commanders and Steelers.
There isn’t a statistical flaw in Philadelphia’s defense, which ranks top 10 in every metric that encompasses our Defense+ grades (except for sack rate, where they’re 15th). That makes them an incredibly dangerous threat to win the NFC, even without the top seed.
Five of the Packers’ six losses came against the Eagles, Vikings, and Lions, which bodes ominously for a playoff run that starts in Philadelphia. The offensive injuries were the bigger concern coming out of Week 18. For the Packers to make a run in the playoffs, they’ll need this unit’s variance to swing in the right direction.